Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers

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Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers are a British novelty pop music act from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The face of the group was Jive Bunny, a cartoon rabbit who appeared in their music videos. Costumed actors also made promotional appearances as the character.

Doncaster DJ and producer Les Hemstock created the original "Swing the Mood" mix for the Music Factory owned Mastermix DJ service. It was then taken from there and developed as a single release by father and son team John and Andrew Pickles. The name Jive Bunny was devised by Andy Pickles. Ian Morgan, a fellow DJ and co-producer, also engineered and mixed some of the early releases along with Andy Pickles. Morgan was replaced in the early 1990s by DJ and producer Mark "The Hitman" Smith.

Jive Bunny's three number ones during 1989 were "Swing the Mood", "That's What I Like" and "Let's Party". All three songs used sampling and synthesisers to combine pop music from the early rock 'n' roll era together into a medley.

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Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, stylisé Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers, est un groupe britannique de pop, originaire de Rotherham, dans le Yorkshire, en Angleterre. Il est identifié par un grand lapin blanc nommé Jive Bunny. Leurs deux titres-phares présentent la particularité d'être des medleys de hits du rock 'n' roll des années 1950 et 1960.

Après Gerry and the Pacemakers et Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers devient le troisième groupe à placer ses trois premiers singles (Swing the Mood, That's What I Like et Let's Party (en)) à la première place du classement officiel du Royaume-Uni. Le groupe place 10 titres dans le classement officiel national en à peine deux ans, entre juillet 1989 et novembre 1991 et écoule 15 millions d'exemplaires.

En 2016, le groupe est toujours actif dans différents festivals anglais et européens.

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